{"id":79150,"date":"2025-06-09T20:58:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T18:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=79150"},"modified":"2025-06-09T20:58:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T18:58:30","slug":"national-team-supporters-react-after-uck-flag-ban-during-match-against-serbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/national-team-supporters-react-after-uck-flag-ban-during-match-against-serbia\/","title":{"rendered":"National team supporters React After U\u00c7K Flag Ban During Match Against Serbia"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-14\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"e53764aa-cd92-4169-b1b3-8484e3bddf1d\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p data-start=\"77\" data-end=\"293\">The Albanian national team supporters&#8217; group\u00a0has reacted strongly to the measures taken during the friendly match against Serbia, where U\u00c7K (KLA) symbols and flags were banned inside the stadium.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"295\" data-end=\"601\">In a statement posted on the group&#8217;s official page, they claim that shirts and scarves with inscriptions such as \u201cO sa mir\u00eb me qen\u00eb Shqiptar!\u201d (\u201cHow great it is to be Albanian!\u201d), \u201cPrishtina,\u201d \u201cKosova,\u201d and \u201cShk\u00ebndija\u201d were confiscated, and the U\u00c7K emblem was treated as a threat and forcefully prohibited.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"603\" data-end=\"1019\">\u201cFor just a few flags brought inside, we witnessed absurd and disgraceful scenes: over 20 police officers rushed to strip a boy who had the double-headed eagle and the U\u00c7K emblem on his chest. This \u2018crime\u2019 is not prohibited by law in any city in Albania\u2014so why should the stadium be an exception? In our stadium, where the country and our identity should be celebrated, our national symbols were treated as a threat.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1021\" data-end=\"1595\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">As for the UCK symbol, we repeat: we will take full responsibility for any fine imposed for it. Send us the bills starting today. The U\u00c7K flag will never be stopped! Not by you, not by your friends in Belgrade, not by anyone on this planet. We\u2019ve displayed it at every national team match for 21 years, and we\u2019ll do the same tomorrow in Riga and in all matches to come. On Saturday, we entered the stadium for this very reason. Once we achieved our goal and displayed the U\u00c7K flag, we left the stadium. 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